To evaluate the efficacy of a 12-month course of recombinant interferon alpha (IFN-โฃ2b), and to assess predictive factors of successful response to IFN therapy in chronic active hepatitis C (HCV CAH), 242 patients with histologically proven HCV CAH were assigned randomly to two groups, one treated w
Addressing the Chronic Sorrow of Long-Term Spousal Caregivers: A Primer for Counselors
โ Scribed by Beth N. Rossheim; Charles R. McAdams III
- Publisher
- American Counseling Association
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 90 KB
- Volume
- 88
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1556-6678
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